I've been off the job market for a few years in semi-industry job that comes with a faculty appointment at an affiliated medical school. For various reasons, I'd like to apply for a few select TT positions in psychology depts. in my major East Coast city. I'm in clinical psych. Anyone know what the salary range is for assistant prof. positions? We just bought a house, and I want to make sure I can still pay my mortgage if I decide to jump back to academia (assuming I'll get one or more offers—I know, a big "if").

I know that there are links to salary ranges out there, but I can't seem to find a link to up-to-date information.

anywhere from 60-80, with the ones I have more specifically seen with my own eyes falling between 65-75 for a 9 month contract. one thing i have learned is that summer salary when through the university is not 3/9 of that #, but is instead a (substantially smaller) stipend. if you fund yourself for the summer through grants, you can do 3/9 though. this is all from my very limited experience this year so take with a grain of salt.

I got a campus interview request for a job in the midwest and they told me their base salary for the asst prof position I applied for is $62000 for the 9 month plus an additional 9% for every summer course taught.

You might get a little higher in a big East Coast city, since cost of living is more. I know a Long Island university with a doctoral program in my area was offering low 70s a couple of years ago but a comparable department in the southeastern US was about 10,000 lower. Major difference in real estate, area desirability, etc. of course.

I've been on a few interviews and some drop salary numbers and others don't. My experience, although limited, is that those that do drop numbers are low and not flexible, those that do are flexible and higher. ANy other thoughts?

The Chronicle of Higher Education publishes annual faculty salary data for most U.S. institutions by state. In general, I've found these figures quite accurate for psychology faculty positions. The median salary numbers for assistant professors in this data tends to be near bang-on with clinical psychologists earning perhaps slightly more (i.e., 5% more at most).

Thanks to all who posted, and especially money who posted the link to the latest data. Looks like ave. salaries have risen a bit since I last checked, and also skew a little higher in my region, so good news there. I'll dust off my application materials from a few years ago, and we'll see what happens on the job market. Fingers crossed I get some bites.